Saturday, October 25, 2008

FREEBIE IN HONOR OF LYNNANNE


Please help us welcome our new Head of Design, LynnAnne! In her honor, I have compiled the FREE mini kit pictured above. Here are the links to the download, just click on the words:

ZIP 1

ZIP 2

ZIP 3

ZIP 4

ZIP 5

Please stop by our website forums to say hello to Lynn as she is also our welcome committee.
Lynn is a dedicated mother of 3, ages 7 months to 5 years. She is also a dedicated
paper scrapper who runs http://www.Jewish-scrapbooking.com. She is new to digital
scrapbooking, but she learns fast! BTW, her dh is also a scrapping enthusiast and
we are determined to hook him on digi scrapping. Her two eldest children have
just created their first digi scrap layout about a week ago. You must see there
work in our gallery!!! They even attended a chat!!! So, give Lynn lots of hugs
and warm fuzzies!!! Welcome her to our community and show her how friendly
digi scrappers are!!!

We are sorry that Monica couldn't help us out, but being a young adult, she decided
it was time to move out of her parents' home (our dear Mary is her Mom) to live
on her own. You know what that means...more hours of work to pay rent and less
time to do the fun jobs that don't pay as well (currently at least). So to Monica, we
wish the best of luck and say, "You can always come home!" There will always be
a place for her in my heart and at Mimi and Softa's Scraptopia.

Don't forget our Halloween Marathon Party on Oct. 31st - 10 pm EST - Midnight EST. Lots of Prizes to give away!

Our CT Call is still open. For details on how to join a crazy bunch of women, (men are
welcome!) please email us at mimiandsofta@gmail.com.

Don't forget the deadline to join our musical "Magical Mystery Tour" is Nov. 20th at Midnight
EST. The deadline for submission of your contribution is Jan. 18th at Midnight. We will open
up to the public on Feb. 1st. Let's make this a huge success. You can use any music genre as your inspiration. We ask that you design one paper with lyrics included in design. Also, we
ask that you include lyrics for all the songs you use as inspiration. I know you will have lots
of fun with this collaboration blog party!!!!

Please stop by our website and join one of our challenges, crops or swaps. Details located in
our forum. Our home page has a downloadable "manual" to tell you how to navigate our site.
Our url is: http://www.mimiandsoftasscraptopia.com

Have a great weekend...stop by tomorrow at 8 PM EST for our Secret Pal Swap!

Love,
Softa & Mimi







Thursday, October 23, 2008

INVITATION TO HALLOWEEN MARATHON PARTY

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO
MIMI AND SOFTA'S SCRAPTOPIA'S
FIRST ANNUAL
HALLOWEEN MARATHON PARTY


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

10:00-10:30 P.M. EST - SCAVENGER HUNT CROP

10:30-11:00 P.M. EST - THE WITCH'S CAULDRON

11:00-11:30 P.M. EST - THE MONSTER MASH

11:30 - MIDNIGHT EST - THE MASQUERADE BALL

PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED FOR EACH EVENT

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEE YOU THERE!!!







Monday, October 13, 2008

Fun Times

Ok, events at Mimi and Softa's Scraptopia for Tues. Oct. 13th and Wed. Oct. 14th:

Tues., Oct. 13th -Noon Break - 12:00 noon EST - See our forums for details.

Wed., Oct. 14th - Genealogy Group Chat/Challenge - 1 p.m. EST - See our forums for details.

Wed. Oct. 1th - Color My World Challenge - 1 p.m. EST - See our forums for details.

Don't forget, we have prizes to give away all the rest of this month!!!

DRUM ROOOOOOLLLL....FIRST NOTICE OF OUR MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
BLOG PARTY!!! To sign up and get on the band wagon, please send email to
mimiandsofta@gmail.com with your email addy and your intention to join in
and swing to the music. Theme: Music...please include at least one background
paper with the lyrics to your favorite song in with your contribution. Let's make
this the rockinest blog party of them all!!!! Deadline for all contributions will be
January 15th. Deadline for sign-up is November 20th. So, let's get this party
rockin and rollin! All music genres welcome!!!

DON'T FORGET!!!! Our marathon Halloween Party on Oct. 31st from 10 p.m. until Midnight EST. Prizes and fun!!! The party will be held in our chat rooms at our website http://www.mimiandsoftasscraptopia.com

Our CT call is still open. For information, email us at mimiandsofta@gmail.com

Love,
Softa


Friday, October 10, 2008

WEEKEND SCHEDULE OF CHALLENGES

Hope that everyone can come to at least one of our upcoming challenges, chats, crops or swaps!
Don't forget that we are giving away free prizes for the entire month of October. Come try your talent and luck out!!!

Here is our schedule for next few days:

Fri. Oct. 10, 2008 - ATC Swap - 8:00 p.m. in Opt To Swap Chat Room
Sat. Oct. 11, 2008 - LETS PLAY Challenge - 1:00 p.m. in the Challenge Dome chat room
Sun. Oct. 12, 2008 - TEEN TYME Chat & Challenge - open for ages 12-19 - held in The Teen Scene chat room at 2:00 p.m.
Mon. Oct. 13, 2008 - AD LIFT Challenge - held in the Challenge Dome chat room at 11:00 a.m.

DON'T FORGET, ALL OUR TIMES ARE LISTED AS EST.

Hope to see you there for lots of fun!!!

http://www.mimiandsoftasscraptopia.com



Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Come Visit Us

I hope all of you have been having fun downloading all the free goodies from The Fall Splendor Blog Party. I can't wait to start downloading. I've been too busy in real life to do it yet. For those of you who don't know what's going on, please read the previous post. It's not to late to get all of these gorgeous freebies!!!

Just wanted to invite you to come to http://www.mimiandsoftasscraptopia.com
where there is lots of activities going on. When there, check out the calendar which you access via the forums. Click on the title of the activity of the day to find out time. Then go to the corresponding forum to look for the details.

FYI, tomorrow at 1 P.M. EST, for our Genealogy Group Chat/Crop hosted by Mimi. On Thursday, at 12:00 Noon EST, Softa will lead a Noon Break Chat/Challenge/Crop. Friday at 8 PM EST is our first ATC swap chat and Saturday at 1:00 P.M. EST is our first Let's Play challenge.

Teens and children ages 6 and up are invited to come to these chats also. However, anyone under 18 need parental permission to join in the swaps.

GET READY FOR OUR HALLOWEEN PARTY which will take place on Friday, October 31st from 10:00 P.M. - Midnight EST. This will be our first holiday party!
We are psyched!!!! Watch our blog and visit our website for more details later on in the week! There will be prizes awarded and it will be a marathon style event!
You will want your stash of goodies to eat on hand to keep up with us! That is a warning!!!!

Love,
Softa

Monday, September 29, 2008

THE FALL SPLENDOR BLOG PARTY




Get ready, get set, empty space on your hard drives and start collecting your freebies from our HUGE Fall Blog Party sponsored by Wench Designs! The train starts rolling tomorrow, Sept. 30th!! 67 designers have been colloborating since July on a gorgeous kit called "Fall Splendor!!" Yes, you read that correctly...67 designers!!! That means lots of great freebies to be downloaded!!!

The designers come from all over the world and from all the different times zones, so if their part is not posted yet, please be patient and keep checking back! Links will be available until Halloween, so there is lots of time to download all of these goodies!!!!

So get that chocolate out and the beverage of your choice...don't forget the potato chips...let's parteeee!!!!

For your part, please leave all of the designers some love...we can really use it!

See our preview below.

Love,
Mimi and Softa


DOWNLOAD BY CLICKING ON THE PREVIEW!

then...

for the rest of the party, please go to
PARTY CENTRAL
located at: http://blogpartycentral.blogspot.com

THIS COLLABORATION IS SPONSORED BY:

WENCHDGRAFIX DESIGNS



Sunday, September 28, 2008

COUNTING DOWN



3 DAYS and counting!

don't forget to circle

Oct. 1st

for details click on link below

Mimi and Softa's Scraptopia

Saturday, September 27, 2008

COUNT DOWN CONTINUES



click on image above to take you to our
website, once there, click on invitation
on right sidebar and it will give you
the details of times and which chat
room the challenge, crop or swap
will take place in. Remember, date is
October 1st!

4 DAYS AND COUNTING
UNTIL OUR
GRAND OPENING
AND UNTIL
THE FALL BLOG PARTY BEGINS!

Friday, September 26, 2008

THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES




THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES

5 DAYS UNTIL

THE GRAND OPENING OF

MIMI & SOFTA'S SCRAPTOPIA

AND

5 DAYS UNTIL

THE FALL BLOG PARTY

SPONSORED BY

WENCH DESIGNS

BEGINS

Thursday, September 25, 2008

COUNT DOWN TO GRAND OPENING


6 days and counting


the place to be on
October 1st is
http://www.mimiandsoftasscraptopia.com
for our Grand Opening...see details
on post of Sept. 23rd.

but wait...there is more happening
on October 1st! Check this blog on
October 1st to get our contribution
to WenchD's Fall Blog Party...
we put together a kit of 9 papers
and 15 elements for this, our first
blog collaboration ever!!!

October 1, 2008 is certainly turning
out to be a red letter day for us!!!

Love,
Mimi and Softa


Tuesday, September 23, 2008

GRAND OPENING OF MIMI AND SOFTA'S SCRAPTOPIA WEBSITE


GRAND OPENING
OF
MIMI AND SOFTA'S SCRAPTOPIA

Let's count down the days till Mimi and Softa's Scraptopia's Grand Opening!!!


Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Time: 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. EST

Hostesses: Mimi and Softa

Place: Our CHAT ROOM (check schedule of events for times and places - keep scrolling to see schedule)

8 days and counting!!!

  • LET'S GET COOKIN SWAP
10-11 a.m. EST
Special Events Room #1
Moderator: Mimi

  • PHOTO PHUN CHALLENGE
11a.m.-noon EST
Special Events Room #2
Moderator: Mary

  • GENEALOGY CHAT/CHALLENGE
2-3 p.m. EST
Special Events Room #1
Moderator: Mimi

  • MEDIEVAL CHALLENGE
3-4 p.m. EST
Special Events Room #2
Moderator: Softa

  • SNUGGLE UP WITH A GOOD BOOK CLUB CHAT & CHALLENGE
7-8 p.m. EST
Special Events Room #1
Moderator: Softa

  • IT'S ELEMENT-ARY, MY DEAR WATSON
9-10 p.m. EST
Special Events Room #2
Moderator: Mary





Thursday, July 17, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARY!

So much has been going on in my life, good things, mostly. Even though I haven't had a chance to post lately, it seems like in forever, I have been thinking about all of you and I've been busy designing for you.

Let me tell you what's going on...first the good...hubby and I and two of our three grandchildren made a double surprise party for my step-son and his wife as they both turned 40 this year. So, for three weeks the kids and I shopped and planned. The party was great...the food was wonderful and I didn't have to cook! We had it catered by a local restaurant, Runds. Actually it's not a restaurant any longer, but a catering firm now. We had so much food leftover that dh and I ate hots, hamburgs and salads for a whole week! We had hoped to play games, but people left early as they had other obligations, it being July 4th weekend. My granddaughter and her friend both wore hula skirts and coconut bras and thought they were hot stuff! LOL...They're both 12. My youngest grandson had a ball playing with a plastic pineapple bowling game I found at Party City. My eldest grandson was MIA, as he is at summer camp, having a ball. But, his parents were there. My step-daughter stole the show, having become a size 6 after being heavy all her life. I'm so proud of her as I know her mother would have been.

Now, the bad news...My blood sugars have been going nuts...going from low to very, very high, so I've been doing lots of sleeping and eating like it's going out of style . The Dr. put me on insulin and we haven't come upon the right formula yet. Those of you who are also diabetic know what I'm talking about. Sometimes my hands are so shaky that I cannot type. So that also has been going on.

Now the VERY good news...our Rainbow Collaborative is growing...The head of our layout division is a very good friend of mine from Florida who I met online. I call her (and Mimi [Melanie]) "Daughter". Her name is Mary Patchett and today is her birthday! Happy Birthday, Mary!!! Please, leave some birthday wishes under comments for her! In her honor I have put together a Birthday Kit for all of you.

Mary's daughter (my "Granddaughter") who is a very talented young artist and writer is joining us as head of our Design Division. Her name is Monica and you will fall in love with her.

Last but not least, we have our first Premiere Designer, her name is Leslie and she is from Ohio. I have not had the priviledge of meeting Leslie yet, but look forward to it. Leslie is a friend of Mimi's and Mimi tells me she is very talented.

I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with! Welcome to everyone!!!
We still have spots open, so if you are interested in working with us, please email us!

Ok, here's the layout I did yesterday from today's mini kit. Let me know what you think and what you think about the mini kit.

CREDITS: MGL Scraps, Atomic Cupcake, Quote Garden, TRama, ArtRage, CS3.
Thanks to all of the above!

Fonts: WORD ART FONT - New Times Romance; TITLE FONT - Tango.

Hope that everyone has a happy, rainbow week and weekend! Don't forget to leave some love for us!

DOWNLOAD LINK FOR FREEBIE - CLICK ON FILE NAME.

FILE 1

FILE 2

FILE 3

Love,
Softa



Sunday, June 29, 2008

EXCITING NEWS!

Hi, everyone! Wow...so much going on...lots to share with you! But, first of all,
here's a little freebie for you that I created last night! Please leave me some love and let me know what you think of this little gal!
I would like to credit Clipahoy.com for the original .gif that I used to create this cutie!

Ok, big, big wonderful news!!! BARBARA SPECK of enormous talent in design has kindly joined us as a SPECIAL GUEST DESIGNER. She will be selling special kits and other digi scrapping products in our shop from time-to-time. We are so lucky to have this talented lady and we look forward to a long wonderful relationship with her!

While on the subject or designers, we have another exciting announcement to make. We are having a NON-CREATIVE TEAM CREATIVE TEAM CALL. We have totally revamped our idea of a creative team as we have been reading that creative teams are becoming a negative in our digi scrapping community. This is so sad. So, instead of a creative team, we are putting together The Rainbow Collaborate. This collaborate will consist of the following titles: Welcoming Committee Members, Guest Designers, Premier Designers and Rainbow Testers, Mimi and Softa.

You do not have to be experienced to apply for any of these positions, but you do have to be proficient in either Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Adobe C2 or C3, or Paintshop Pro. To apply, send 2 samples of your work along with your email addy and a note explaining which position(s) you would like to be considered for and a summary of any experience you may have.
Experience is not what will get you the position(s) nor lack thereof preclude you from getting the position(s). We are looking for creativity and talent. We are looking for friendliness, commitment, reliability, and enthusiasm. Also, please include a description of you (not your physical traits!). We are offering what we think are great incentives in exchange for your creations, work, etc. Send to mimiandsofta@gmail.com.


Ok now, here are the position descriptions:

GUEST DESIGNERS:
Must design 1 kit every 3 months, for a minimum of 3 kits. If they say choose they may change their designation to Premier Designer at any time after they submit their first kit for sale. They must also submit 1 freebie on our blog once every 3 months. The freebie can be as big or small as they wish. All designs must be done in 12x12, 4x6, or 8x8 inches at 300 pixel resolution, unless a different size is required for special products, i.e. frames, brushes, etc. For more information, send inquiry to mimiandsofta@gmail.com. No experience necessary.
No age restrictions. Must send 2 samples of your work to mimiandsofta@gmail.com. SUBJECT: GUEST DESIGNER

PREMIER DESIGNERS:
Must design a MINIMUM of 2 kits per month, 2 templates a month (MINIMUM) and 2 brush sets a month (MINIMUM). Premier Designers must become active participating members of our RAINBOW WELCOMING COMMITTEE, and, if so desired, may host challenges and/or chats.

Must also submit 1 freebie on our blog once every 3 months. The freebie can be as big or small as they wish. All designs must be done in 12x12, 4x6, or 8x8 inches at 300 pixel resolution, unless a different size is required for special products, i.e. frames, brushes, etc.

Must be proficient in Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Adobe C2 or C3, or Paintshop Pro. No age restrictions.

Must submit two samples of your work and send to mimiandsofta@gmail.com. SUBJECT: PREMIER DESIGNER

For more information, send inquiry to mimiandsofta@gmail.com. No experience necessary. No age restrictions.

RAINBOW TESTERS: Must commit to test products as they are designed and sent to them. Must test in a 72 hour window and send reports to Mimi and Softa about the product(s) tested. Testers also have to test all links to our products. Testers must become active participating members of our RAINBOW WELCOMING COMMITTEE, and, if so desired, may host challenges and/or chats.

Testers must be proficient in Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Adobe C2 or C3, or Paintshop Pro and must be at least 18 years old.

For more information, send inquiry to mimiandsofta@gmail.com. No experience necessary but preferred. SUBJECT: RAINBOW TESTER

RAINBOW WELCOMING COMMITTEE MEMBER: ANYONE can become a member of our welcoming committee if you love to chat, love digiscrapping and have lots of time to devote. Minimum of 30 mins. a day, 5 days a week requested for members of the committee. Members of this committee may host challenges and chats, if they so desire. For more information or to apply, send email to mimiandsofta@gmail.com with SUBJECT: WELCOMING COMMITTEE.

Phew, if that isn't enough to get your adrenalin going, Mimi and I have decided to reissue our Freebie Challenge as we didn't get even one entry. Deadline for the challenge is July 30, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. EST. The winner will be announced both on our blog and at our website when that opens! Look for our Grand Opening soon!!! The Challenge Rules are: Use at least one of our freebies in your layout and then email a 600x600 pixel 300 rez to us at mimiandsofta@gmail.com. In subject box put "FREEBIE CHALLENGE." The challenge begins today and deadline will be July 30, 2008 at 10 a.m. EST. Winners will be announced August 1st. Ok, so you want to know what the prizes will be? I want to know...I want to know...The prizes are a $5 gift certificate to your favorite digi-scrapping store. That's right, YOU get to choose what you want!!! Can life get any better than this? There will be 2 winners, 1 in the Professional Category and 1 in the Hobbiest Category. You get to determine which category to enter in and must let us know which category your entry is for when you make your submission. You may only enter once.

Well, we know this is a lot to digest, so print this out and consider everything! Enjoy your freebie!

Love,
Softa










Saturday, June 28, 2008

I'M LATE, I'M LATE 4 A VERY IMPORTANT DATE...


With all of you. I apologize, but this week has been a bear and next week will be worse. The good news is I have a freebie for you! Here it is! It's a quick page from a kit soon to hit our store. The kit and qp are called HOT HOT HOT. Here are the links to the various parts of the freebie (I'm still learning Megaupload and 4Share.) HOT HOT HOT
HOT HOT HOT 2

HOT HOT HOT 3

HOT HOT HOT 4

HOT HOT HOT 5


HOT HOT HOT 6

I want you to have this so I'm not doing any more typing...I will return here tomorrow with news! Before I leave, here is a layout I did with the QP.



Love,
Softa





Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Good Morning!!

Hello everyone!

I'm so excited that Mom has asked me to join her in this venture! I am relatively new at scrapping but hope to learn quickly. I've been busy doodling and hope to have some good things ready soon. A little about me - I'm a married mother of four grown children, 3 ladies and 1 gentleman and have 10 grandchildren, 6 boys and 4 girls. The grandkids all call me "Mimi" because that's what they hear their grandfather call me. I am a website designer (and am working on scraptopia.com). I am also the author of a Mexican cookbook. My website for melsmex is www.melsmex.com . Well, let me get back to work on the new website!

Love,
Mel

Sunday, June 22, 2008

HERE'S OUR FIRST KIT FOR YOU!

Hurray!!!! It took me four days and lots of hours to create this kit for you, but I didn't want to post before it was done! That is why I did not post on Friday. Please let me know how you like or don't like this kit! I call it Silver Beauty.

Here is the preview:

There are 4 parts to this download here they are:

SILVER BEAUTY PAPERS 1

SILVER BEAUTY PAPERS 2

SILVER BEAUTY ELEMENTS


SILVER BEAUTY FRAMES


Please leave us some love!

Love,
Softa





Wednesday, June 18, 2008

ANNOUNCEMENTS

I am thrilled to announce that I have a partner! I'm even more thrilled that it's my long time friend, Melanie (Mimi)! I don't know why I didn't think of her sooner as she is very creative
and is a published author of a Mexican Cookbook. I will let her tell you all about it on her
blog, when she begins it. We will be known as Mimi and Softa's Scraptopia, and plan on
opening a digi scrapping shop in September. So keep watching! Mimi is new to digiscrapping,
but is a quick learner and she is a doodler too! I can't wait to see her designs, can you?

In honor of our partnership, we are having a challenge, with a prize, of course...it's a "Use A Freebie Challenge." Use at least one of our freebies in your layout and then email a 600x600 pixel 300 rez to me at 1spartica@gmail.com. In subject box put "FREEBIE CHALLENGE." The challenge begins to day and deadline will be June 30th at 10 a.m. EST. Winner will be announced July 1st. Ok, so you want to know what the prize will be? I want to know...I want to know...The prize is a $5 gift certificate to your favorite digi-scrapping store. That's right, YOU get to choose what you want!!! Can life get any better than this?

CREATIVE TEAM CALL: I invite all digi designers to join with Mimi and me to create an
incredible team. We have what we think is a great incentive for you to join. We're looking for both element designers and layout designers. Please email me 1spartica@gmail.com if you are interested! We are looking for creativity. Send a sample of your work to me when you email me of your interest. In subject box please put CREATIVE TEAM.

I think this is it for today...but I want to leave you with a little love, so here is a FREEBIE for
today, in Mimi's honor! This is for personal use only!!! Please, leave some love!

Love,
Softa



Monday, June 16, 2008

WE MADE IT!

I am so excited! DigiFree found us!!! I am a big fan of DigiFree so to me this is like winning an Oscar! Thx for including me in today's finds, Maria! If you have never been to their website, you are truly in for a treat. Run, don't walk there!

I haven't been able to sleep...designs keep running through my head. Now if only I could execute them, I'd be a very happy lady!

Well to take a break and play some mindless games and then back to bed for me!

Hope everyone has a great day!!!

Love,
Softa

Sunday, June 15, 2008





Good morning everyone. I hope you all have wonderful plans for celebrating Father's Day today. Unfortunately, my DH is working so it's another day here with plans of cleaning house :( for me. I'm also trying to work on a template for you.

4Shared is still not working for me :( so I thought and thought and thought, how could I try to get some FREEBIES to you. So, I decided to try to just put the FREEBIES here as they are background papers and are in jpeg format.

Please leave me comments on these papers and let me know what you think! Hopefully,
I will have another FREEBIE for you on Friday! Have a great week!

Just right click and save image on the images. Also, these are not for commercial use.
Please give me credit if you use these papers. No piracy please!

Love,
Softa



TITLES: #1 - HOT HOT HOT
#2 - JUST GOTTA BE KIDS
#3 - A BLACK TIE AFFAIR

CREDITS: All three papers were made in ARTRAGE.
Just Gotta Be Kids' kids were made from a brush by Hawksmont Universe.
A Black Tie Affair was made using a brush from Rachaels Scrap Store.

Please visit these wonderful sites whose products made mine possible! I want to thank them
all!!!

P.S. It's 6:30 p.m. now and I just got 4Shared working...I hope! DOWNLOAD LINK HERE

Friday, June 13, 2008

It's Friday!!!

Good morning everyone! Hope it's sunny and warm where you are. It is here. In
fact, I'm hoping to pay for my community pool membership today so maybe I can get some swimming in this weekend!

I just purchased 4Shared for this blog so I can share things with you. I had hoped to give you a Freebie today, but unfortunately the account is not activated. So, check on Sunday to see if I can get the freebie uploaded for you.

I'd like to have some contests and challenges. Can anyone tell me how to put up a gallery here? If anyone would like to be my partner in this new endeavor, please let me know! Anyhow, there will be prizes for contests, and once in a while for challenges. All ideas and contributions gladly accepted!!!

I also want to investigate chats and bulletin boards.

If you are a fledgling designer and would like to join in with me, let me know.

FYI, my email addy is 1spartica@gmail.com

Have a great weekend and I'll see you perhaps on Sunday, definitely next Friday!

Love,
Marilyn